# Perier, sparkling wa-ugh, God, whatthefucghawhaa? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 15, 2002, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perier-sparkling-wa-ugh-god-whatthefucghawhaa/109272 "2002-05-15T21:04:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perier-sparkling-wa-ugh-god-whatthefucghawhaa/109272/1 "2002-05-15T21:04:50Z")
The other day at work, we did a story on bottled waters, and this woman came in with a whole bunch of various bottled water. Amongst them was a big bottle of perrier. Feeling like something carbonated, I poured myself a class, and took a swig. From the second the liquid touched my lips till I had completely swallowed it, my head spun, my stomach turned, and my vision went all funny. As soon as I swallowed it, I was fine. Thinking it was a fluke, I took another sip. Same results. Thinking it was kinda funny, I took another. That finished the cup, and I had no desire to drink any more. So, I’m curious, is this a perfectly normal reaction to drinking perrier? Has anyone else out there had this same reaction or drink perrier on a regular basis? What could cause this? ---
**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perier-sparkling-wa-ugh-god-whatthefucghawhaa/109272/2 "2002-05-15T21:21:06Z")
Maybe you got a batch that was [contaminated with benzene](http://www.ohnonews.com/perrier.html). ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perier-sparkling-wa-ugh-god-whatthefucghawhaa/109272/3 "2002-05-15T22:23:37Z")
Nothing to add but that was a pretty funny thread title. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perier-sparkling-wa-ugh-god-whatthefucghawhaa/109272/4 "2002-05-15T23:14:25Z")
Sounds like love ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perier-sparkling-wa-ugh-god-whatthefucghawhaa/109272/5 "2002-05-16T00:29:16Z")
I think I’ll move this on over to IMHO. And no, I never had that problem with Perrier. ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perier-sparkling-wa-ugh-god-whatthefucghawhaa/109272/6 "2002-05-16T00:43:29Z")
I like Perrier. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perier-sparkling-wa-ugh-god-whatthefucghawhaa/109272/7 "2002-05-16T01:00:11Z")
Perrier taste like used bath water to me. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perier-sparkling-wa-ugh-god-whatthefucghawhaa/109272/8 "2002-05-16T02:51:57Z")
I LOVE Perrier with a twist of orange. Of course, nothing screams “Grateful Recovering Alcoholic” quite like drinking Perrier at a bar. And, no, it doesn’t do that to me. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perier-sparkling-wa-ugh-god-whatthefucghawhaa/109272/9 "2002-05-16T03:18:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by racer72 \* > \*\*Perrier taste like used bath water to me. \*\* How often do you drink used bath water? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perier-sparkling-wa-ugh-god-whatthefucghawhaa/109272/10 "2002-05-16T05:38:20Z")
I just got back from a trip to France and spent some time at a friend’s house in the tiny town of Vergeze, home of Perrier. Or la Source as it’s refered to there. Pretty nice when your tap water is essentially uncarbonated Perrier. ---
**Author:** ![girl27](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ad7895/32.png) [@girl27](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/girl27)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perier-sparkling-wa-ugh-god-whatthefucghawhaa/109272/11 "2002-05-16T17:04:39Z")
Ugh. That stuff is foul. How is it possible to turn water into something that tastes like that?? When I first tried Perrier, I did the same thing I do when I take Buckleys cough syrup… Take a bit, then – Aaarrgh! Check the bottle!! It must be a cleaning solvent! Turns out, it’s exactly what you thought it was. Water. Only worse. I’ve got your back on that one, El Elvis Rojo… ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perier-sparkling-wa-ugh-god-whatthefucghawhaa/109272/12 "2002-05-16T18:53:40Z")
Perrier just opened a huge bottling plant here in MI over the objections of a whole lot of people. Keep in mind you may not be drinking _French_ water when you pay for it. Bizarre reaction, El. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perier-sparkling-wa-ugh-god-whatthefucghawhaa/109272/13 "2002-05-16T18:58:58Z")
Although I like sparlking water, I prefer the Italian goodness that is San Pellegrino, chilled. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perier-sparkling-wa-ugh-god-whatthefucghawhaa/109272/14 "2002-05-16T19:01:42Z")
I neither know nor want to know what **sparlking** water is. sigh… I meant, of course, sparkling. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perier-sparkling-wa-ugh-god-whatthefucghawhaa/109272/15 "2002-05-18T20:51:17Z")
Our French teacher had a bottle of Perrier that is probably 15 years old. One of the kids on my class drank the bottle. No bad things happened to him. (Not as if we would be able to tell.) ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perier-sparkling-wa-ugh-god-whatthefucghawhaa/109272/16 "2002-05-19T10:26:07Z")
Used to drink it with a dollop of flavored extract (lemon or orange usually, although creme de menthe was good) once in a while. It was the National Lampoon ad for Terrier that ruined it for me. Never again.